Deion Branch, entering his 11th NFL season, was entertaining the media following the first practice of the preseason for the Patriots, a practice attended by 12,163 fans at the practice fields behind Gillette Stadium. That set a new attendance record for a single-session practice.
July 2012
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PRO BASKETBALL: Jones heads to Germany
Josh Jones won’t leave for Germany for two weeks, but he’s already touted on the web site of the SC Rist Wedel basketball club. The site describes Jones as an athletic and versatile wing that can play shooting guard or either forward position.
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OLYMPICS: 2012 Games the Year of the Woman
The 2012 Games, which are quickly shaping up as a watershed for women’s sports.
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OLYMPICS: Before the games, a show
LONDON — There will be sheep. A cricket game. Nurses. Plus Paul McCartney and possibly James Bond.
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STILL LIFE: Dogs on the run
The Eastern Maine Agility Club is hosting a three-day dog agility event at the Skowhegan State Fair Grounds, starting today and running through Sunday.
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Police Report, July 25
Augusta Wednesday At 10:02 a.m., there was a report of a burglary from a vehicle parked on Northern Avenue. 11:30 a.m., there was a report of a burglary from a vehicle parked on Northern Avenue. 11:56 a.m., there was an accident on Western Avenue. 12:55 p.m., theft was reported at Bangor Street Mini-Mart on Riverside […]
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Truth Meter: U.S. Chamber of Commerce TV ads about King’s spending passes muster
In ads that began running in the Portland television market Thursday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce dubs independent Angus King, the former Maine governor running for U.S. Senate, the “king of spending” and the “king of mismanagement” with graphics that make him look like a court jester.
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Maine Kneading Conference speaker: Local food will save the economy
When the granite industry left the small, rural town of Hardwick, Vt., during the last century, residents in the ensuing years were forced to leave town to find work. Then along came a group of farmers who relied on the land, on one another and on the promise of prosperity and good health from good food.
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SNAPSHOT: Barn restoration
Sean Siragusa, of Winthrop, removes a weather vane Thursday from atop a barn he is restoring in Monmouth. The contractor is replacing the cornices on the 19th century structure and took down the wind-driven heron for repairs. The weather vane will be replaced, Siragusa said, when the barn is painted.
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Why should ratification of ERA have a time limit?
An editorial from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “ERA still needs to be added to Constitution,” reprinted in the newspaper on July 25 discussed ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. I think just three more states are needed for it to become part of the Constitution. Why should there be a time limit? The 27th Amendment, […]